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<v Speaker 1>How do you think the world will end? Alien invasion,

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<v Speaker 1>nuclear disaster, another more deadly pandemic. I'm Jackie Morante and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the host of Cause of Death one hundred seconds

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Courtney, the host of the Book of the Dead podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>and you are listening to Rainbow Crimes with hopefully some

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<v Speaker 3>Hey there, guys, it's me CJ. I hope you're all

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<v Speaker 3>doing exceptionally well. Not much going on here at the

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<v Speaker 3>coast of Oregon, except that Jack had a major breakthrough

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<v Speaker 3>today on our walk. Usually he barks like a madman

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<v Speaker 3>every time he sees another dog on our walks. But

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<v Speaker 3>I think I might have told you my daughter's boyfriend

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<v Speaker 3>bottom of vibration call, and I've been using it on

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<v Speaker 3>Jack for about two weeks now. Every time he growls

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<v Speaker 3>or barks at another dog he sees, A zapp him.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not a shot caller, so it doesn't hurt him.

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<v Speaker 3>It just confuses him and he kind of dances sideways. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>today he saw a bigger dog walking with its owner,

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<v Speaker 3>and I had the remote ready to zapp if need be.

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<v Speaker 3>The Jack just walked by the dog without a bark

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<v Speaker 3>or a growl. I was so proud of him. I

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<v Speaker 3>celebrated him afterwards too, What a good boy. I just

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<v Speaker 3>want to let y'all know if I sound kind of funky.

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<v Speaker 3>I've been wheezing a lot because the wind has been

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<v Speaker 3>crazy here for about a week. I did a shot

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<v Speaker 3>at my inhaler today, but I don't know how well

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<v Speaker 3>it worked, so I'm really sorry if I sound kind

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<v Speaker 3>of funky, But I wanted you to know why there'll

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<v Speaker 3>be no new episode out next week because I'll be

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<v Speaker 3>on my trip to Northern California for my niece's wedding.

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<v Speaker 3>But i will have my Patreon exclusive out for my

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<v Speaker 3>Patreon members, So I'd like to give you a disclaimer

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<v Speaker 3>warning before I start this episode. This episode's main case

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<v Speaker 3>is about child sexual abuse. I won't get too graphic,

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<v Speaker 3>but if this is a topic that's not a safe

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<v Speaker 3>place for you, then I understand and we'll see a

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<v Speaker 3>next episode. Decades before Epstein's Island became criminally famous, another

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<v Speaker 3>island in Michigan would gain its notoriety in very much

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<v Speaker 3>the same fashion in the mid nineteen seventies. It's interesting

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<v Speaker 3>how some might think Epstein's Island was the first of

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<v Speaker 3>its kind, catering to the perversity of the wealthy, the elite,

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<v Speaker 3>and the privileged. Honestly, I'm one of those that believed

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<v Speaker 3>Epstein's Island was one of a kind, and I was

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<v Speaker 3>so very wrong. North Fox Island is an eight hundred

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<v Speaker 3>and twenty acre island off Lake Michigan that was owned

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<v Speaker 3>in nineteen sixty by a wealthy business man out of

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<v Speaker 3>Detroit named Frank Sheldon. He bought the island from a

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<v Speaker 3>widow for roughly twenty thousand dollars. Frank was a Yelle

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<v Speaker 3>graduate who studied geology who was born into money, with

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<v Speaker 3>his family making their fortune through Michigan's early lumber and

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<v Speaker 3>real estate boom. His family maintained deep roots within Detroit's medical, political,

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<v Speaker 3>and corporate world, which provided Frank with a protective layer

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<v Speaker 3>of social camouflage. On North Fox Island was an airstrip

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<v Speaker 3>for private planes to land and take off. I'm sure

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<v Speaker 3>boats could travel there as well, but only during good

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<v Speaker 3>weather conditions, as there's no harbor to safely dock at.

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<v Speaker 3>So as you can see, this three mile long, one

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<v Speaker 3>mile wide island is very isolated and secluded. By the

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<v Speaker 3>nineteen seventies, Frank ran a successful camp for boys called

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<v Speaker 3>Brother Paul's Children's Mission. Cabins were built, hiking trails were formed,

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<v Speaker 3>and the illusion of a resort type camp was created.

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<v Speaker 3>The camp boasted services for children with reading problems, helped

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<v Speaker 3>for minor emotional issues through counseling and physical education. The

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<v Speaker 3>camp was also supposed to teach survival skills to the

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<v Speaker 3>kids in a nature setting. That was the facade anyway.

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<v Speaker 3>The pretense that this non profit organization operated under Frank

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<v Speaker 3>and his associates that operated North Fox Island and the

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<v Speaker 3>Brother Paul's Children's Mission. They targeted children of the working class,

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<v Speaker 3>especially underprivileged and higher risk youth. They'd pitched to the

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<v Speaker 3>parents of the kids, who always seemed to be boys

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<v Speaker 3>around the ages of eleven or twelve. Their pitch was

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<v Speaker 3>how fundamentally significant their camp would be for the parent's child.

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<v Speaker 3>It would be a rare opportunity to send their child

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<v Speaker 3>to a place that they might i might not otherwise

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<v Speaker 3>be able to afford. And to be honest, I could

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<v Speaker 3>see how a parent of the nineteen seventies might jump

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<v Speaker 3>on an opportunity like that. It was a simpler time,

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<v Speaker 3>a more trusting time. Plus, with the framework of the

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<v Speaker 3>organization appearing that it had Christian values, I'm sure many

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<v Speaker 3>thought their sons would come home with excellent moral values.

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<v Speaker 3>But when win situation six day retreat under adult supervision

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<v Speaker 3>in a safe, structured environment, all for only eighty five dollars,

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<v Speaker 3>and once the parents agreed, Frank and or his associates

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<v Speaker 3>would gather three or four boys at a time, hop

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<v Speaker 3>in a small aircraft and fly to the Island. One

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<v Speaker 3>of Frank's associates was Gerald Richards. He worked as a

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<v Speaker 3>gym teacher at a Catholic school in Michigan called Saint Joseph's.

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<v Speaker 3>Gerald was married and he had a young child of

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<v Speaker 3>he self described himself as a master magician. He offered

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<v Speaker 3>his magic services free of charge to churches and schools.

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<v Speaker 3>Gerald's father was a police officer, and when Gerald was

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<v Speaker 3>a young boy, he in fact learned how to take

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<v Speaker 3>pictures by taking mugshots to some of the criminals his

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<v Speaker 3>dad had arrested. While studying Electronics and Youth services at

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<v Speaker 3>Saint Clair County Community College, in nineteen sixty nine, Gerald

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<v Speaker 3>began working at Satan adult bookstore. It was during this

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<v Speaker 3>time that he began reselling prints at pornography and he

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<v Speaker 3>made contacts within the adult entertainment industry. After learning of

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<v Speaker 3>how profitable it was, he left the store and he

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<v Speaker 3>began a mail ordered child pornography business. He recruited dozens

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<v Speaker 3>of local boys from troubled backgrounds. World had approximately six

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<v Speaker 3>hundred customers, and they preferred the youngest children Gerald could access.

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<v Speaker 3>Gerald met Frank after Frank had contacted him through an

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<v Speaker 3>ad placed in a rag paper that catered to coded

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<v Speaker 3>messages about man and boy love. After they met, the

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<v Speaker 3>two were pretty much inseparable because of their common interests

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<v Speaker 3>of pedophilia. Before reaching out to parents with troubled children

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<v Speaker 3>to bring to their camp on the Island, they would

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<v Speaker 3>find their victims through owners of porn shops and CD motels.

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<v Speaker 3>A New York millionaire and science teacher at and All

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<v Speaker 3>Boys Boarding School was also an associate to Frank. His

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<v Speaker 3>name Dire Grossman, and he was listed as vice president

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<v Speaker 3>of Brother Paul's Children's Mission. Adam Storchild, whose real name

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<v Speaker 3>was Malcolm McConaughey, was a white collar criminal and another

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<v Speaker 3>associate of Frank's. He was listed as president of the

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<v Speaker 3>Church of the New Revelation, which was the parent company

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<v Speaker 3>of Brother Paul's. He would offer help to readers of

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<v Speaker 3>boy Love magazines and finding places men could indulge in

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<v Speaker 3>their perverse fantasies of very young boys, including but not

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<v Speaker 3>limited to Brother Paul's camp. Adam had participated in a

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<v Speaker 3>Big Brother type program in Ann Arbor's YMCA program, who

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<v Speaker 3>was also an assistant troop leader for Boy Scouts of America.

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<v Speaker 3>This is so creepy to me that Frank's three co

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<v Speaker 3>conspirators were all men involved in working with children in

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<v Speaker 3>a teacher mentor role. Fucking sickening really. Upon arriving on

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<v Speaker 3>the island, these young boys were made to partake in

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<v Speaker 3>oral and anal sex with both adults and the other boys.

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<v Speaker 3>While these sexual acts were occurring, the boys would be

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<v Speaker 3>filmed and photographed, and the footage and pictures would be

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<v Speaker 3>sold to other child predators. Oftentimes these boys were sold

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<v Speaker 3>for sex to adult males who were visiting the island.

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<v Speaker 3>But it still wasn't enough for Frank. He wanted to

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<v Speaker 3>expand their operation. He reached out to Reverend Bud Vermile Junior,

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<v Speaker 3>who ran a similar camp called the Tennessee Boys Farm.

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<v Speaker 3>This also was a sex trafficking operation. Through their connection,

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<v Speaker 3>they used the snail mail system to send each other

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<v Speaker 3>videos to distribute to their loyal fan bases. Now something

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<v Speaker 3>to remember about all of this is although Frank was

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<v Speaker 3>a gay man, his cohorts on the island were mostly

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<v Speaker 3>straight and or bisexual men. In fact, seventy four percent

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<v Speaker 3>to eighty percent of all sexual assaults on boys are

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<v Speaker 3>from straight and bisexual men, not gay men. As the

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<v Speaker 3>popular myth might have you, believe Gerald, the husband, father

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<v Speaker 3>and Jim, teacher slash photographer, may have been the weakest

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<v Speaker 3>link of this organization. Once he was back working at

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<v Speaker 3>a school, he was scoping out the boys's potential camp candidates.

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<v Speaker 3>One day in nineteen seventy six, on the guise of

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<v Speaker 3>sizing his male students for jockstraps, he made boys come

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<v Speaker 3>into his office individually, He made them undress, and he

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<v Speaker 3>would fondle their penises in his hand. One of the

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<v Speaker 3>students told his mother about the event, and she reported

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<v Speaker 3>Gerald to the school and to law enforcement. Once the

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<v Speaker 3>police began an investigation into Gerald, North Fox Island and

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<v Speaker 3>brother Paul's children's mission also became under scrutiny. As the

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<v Speaker 3>investigation continued. For these something else was taking place in

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<v Speaker 3>the Michigan area. From February nineteen seventy six through Mark

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<v Speaker 3>nineteen seventy seven, four children were kidnapped and murdered. Two

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<v Speaker 3>were boys and two were girls. Twelve year old Mark

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<v Speaker 3>Stebbins disappeared on his way home from the American Legion

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<v Speaker 3>building on February fifteenth, nineteen seventy six. He was found

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<v Speaker 3>strangled to death and sexually assaulted. Four days later, on

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<v Speaker 3>February nineteenth. The autopsy team at the time washed Mark's body,

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<v Speaker 3>effectively removing any fingerprints that could have been found. Joe Robinson,

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<v Speaker 3>who was also twelve, She disappeared December twenty second, nineteen

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<v Speaker 3>seventy six. Jill had an argument over making biscuits for

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<v Speaker 3>dinner with her mom. Her mom told her to go

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<v Speaker 3>to her room until she could act right. Jill went

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<v Speaker 3>to her room, packed some of her clothing and a blanket,

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<v Speaker 3>and then she snuck out of the house, got on

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<v Speaker 3>her bike, and rode away. She was found dead from

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<v Speaker 3>a shotgun wound on a roadside four days later. Ten

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<v Speaker 3>year old Christine Mihelich vanished January second, nineteen seventy seven,

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<v Speaker 3>after leaving a bowling alley that her mom worked out

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<v Speaker 3>to go to a seven eleven store. Her body was

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<v Speaker 3>found suffocated nineteen days later. And eleven year old Timothy

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<v Speaker 3>King went missing on March sixteenth, nineteen seventy seven. That evening,

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<v Speaker 3>Timothy rode his skateboard to a local pharmacy with thirty

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<v Speaker 3>cents in his pocket to buy some candy. After making

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<v Speaker 3>his purchase, he headed back home, but he never made it.

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<v Speaker 3>His body was discovered smothered and sexually assaulted six days later.

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<v Speaker 3>These murders had been called the Oakland County children murders

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<v Speaker 3>and their cold cases to this day. And did you

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<v Speaker 3>notice the little girls were not sexually abused, just the

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<v Speaker 3>boys were. Detectives feared that there was a serial killer

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<v Speaker 3>taking the lives of these kids. In nineteen seventy six,

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<v Speaker 3>Evana's law enforcement continued looking deeper into the North Fox

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<v Speaker 3>Island allegations of a child's sex ring. They also began

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<v Speaker 3>seeing similarities to brother Paul's and the Oakland County child murders.

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<v Speaker 3>They in particular were eyeballing Gerald Richards and Frank Sheldon.

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<v Speaker 3>It was about that same time the Tennessee Boy's farm

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<v Speaker 3>I am honestly a little confused at how investigators thought

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<v Speaker 3>the little girls were linked into the equation. Back on

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<v Speaker 3>the mainland, after his jockstrapperuse, Gerald was arrested for child

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<v Speaker 3>molestation charges and for being in possession of child pornography.

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<v Speaker 3>He pleaded guilty to his charges. Frank learned of Gerald's

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<v Speaker 3>and then Frank moved to the Netherlands pretty sure without

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<v Speaker 3>be arrested and charged with his crimes. Frank died in

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<v Speaker 3>the Netherlands in nineteen ninety six. Gerald was the only

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<v Speaker 3>with the criminal acts that occurred on North Fox Island.

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<v Speaker 3>At his trial, he was found guilty and sentenced from

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<v Speaker 3>and arrested again in nineteen eighty eight for this same

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<v Speaker 3>And now for the other two conspirators who were involved

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<v Speaker 3>with Frank and North Fox Island, Dire Grossman, he pretty

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<v Speaker 3>Adam Starchild was arrested for a few things, but not

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<v Speaker 3>so it would seem Gerald took the hit for everyone

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<v Speaker 3>took the hit for the Tennessee Boys Farm. He was arrested, charged, convicted,

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<v Speaker 3>and sentenced to twenty five years in prison. Bud died

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<v Speaker 3>in twenty eighteen. Eventually, the land of North Fox Island

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<v Speaker 3>was given to the state of Michigan. Much like Epstein's Island,

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<v Speaker 3>this island, too has many documents that have been kept

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<v Speaker 3>hidden by the FBI, and most likely, as with the

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<v Speaker 3>Epstein files, they're all names of wealthy, well known people

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<v Speaker 3>of the seventies who were frequent flyers to the island.

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<v Speaker 3>Now there is one more customer and potential life associated

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<v Speaker 3>brother Paul's Children's Mission that I've not yet mentioned, a

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<v Speaker 3>frequently visited the island. He might have even worked in

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<v Speaker 3>some capacity for Frank. Chris has also been a prime

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<v Speaker 3>suspect in the Oakland County child killings. Chris was initially

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<v Speaker 3>suspicious suicide in November of nineteen seventy eight, his suicide

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<v Speaker 3>was disputed, with many believing it was homicide instead. Still

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<v Speaker 3>the ruling of suicide remained. He died by a shotgun

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<v Speaker 3>wound to his head, much like in the case of

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<v Speaker 3>Kurt Cobain. There was no gunshot residue on Chris's hands,

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<v Speaker 3>and the gun was positioned way too awkwardly for him

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<v Speaker 3>to have shot himself. And then, in twenty twelve, using

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<v Speaker 3>advanced DNA of the time it was discovered Chris's DNA,

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<v Speaker 3>it didn't match any found at the Oakland County child killings,

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<v Speaker 3>which is why that case remains unsolved today. Currently here

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<v Speaker 3>in twenty twenty six. While there have been decades of

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<v Speaker 3>rumors regarding the island, including allegations of a hidden secret

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<v Speaker 3>or hidden remains, official public forensic reports confirming these claims

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<v Speaker 3>are limited and the cases remain notoriously unsolved. Private investigators

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<v Speaker 3>and advocates have used cadaver dogs on the island, reporting

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<v Speaker 3>findings they described as shocking, but they are not saying

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<v Speaker 3>what the shock is about. And thanks to the more

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<v Speaker 3>recent Epstein Files case. Of today, there's a new light

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<v Speaker 3>shining on the North Fox Island and Oakland County child killings.

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<v Speaker 3>Hopefully soon the Oakland County child killings will be solved soon.

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<v Speaker 3>I kind of believe the boys were murdered, possibly by

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<v Speaker 3>of believed they were murdered by someone else. Rest in

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<v Speaker 3>power to the four victims of the Oakland County child

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<v Speaker 3>killings and live in power to the victims of Brother

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<v Speaker 3>Paul's Children's Mission. I'm really hoping, with even better advancement

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<v Speaker 3>of Dana today, the cases of the four children murdered

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<v Speaker 3>can find justice. Although it's most likely their killer or

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<v Speaker 3>killers are dead, but it would be great to put

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<v Speaker 3>do wonder what's on the hundreds of documents that the

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<v Speaker 3>FBI has been holding regarding the North Fox Island case.

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<v Speaker 3>Were any of the boys there murdered? Were there boys

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<v Speaker 3>who were taken and flown to the island and then

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<v Speaker 3>killed and buried. There boys that maybe were reported missing

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<v Speaker 3>and nobody knew where they disappeared, to perhaps boys that

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<v Speaker 3>were just considered runaways. It's truly infuriating that the elite,

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<v Speaker 3>entitled rich can do pretty much whatever the fuck they

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<v Speaker 3>want to our youth and get away with it, even

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<v Speaker 3>with incriminating evidence. It's happening. Politicians, celebrities, members of the clergy, royalty.

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<v Speaker 3>If they have the money and status, they have protection

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<v Speaker 3>against the law that the rest of us have to

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<v Speaker 3>abide by. Our true crime Quickie. This episode is a

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<v Speaker 3>cold case from Salt Lake City, Utah, in nineteen ninety one.

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<v Speaker 3>Carrie Gilbert Arbon was a forty year old gay Mormon

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<v Speaker 3>man who lived with his mother in Orem, Utah. Carrie

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<v Speaker 3>helped care for his mother when he wasn't working as

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<v Speaker 3>a music teacher and an organist for the church at

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<v Speaker 3>Brigham Young University in Provo. Carrie was born June second,

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<v Speaker 3>nineteen fifty one, in Burley, Idaho, making him a Gemini

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<v Speaker 3>in Idaho. When Carrie was seven, his family bought a farm.

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<v Speaker 3>His mom loved all animals. I'm with your girl. The

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<v Speaker 3>family lived there for five years before selling the farm

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<v Speaker 3>and moving to Ontario, Oregon, where they purchased a motel

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<v Speaker 3>and operated it for about ten years. In nineteen seventy four,

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<v Speaker 3>the family officially moved to orm Utah, where Carrie and

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<v Speaker 3>his parents remained for the rest of their lives. Carrie

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<v Speaker 3>had some siblings, but I'm not sure where they're living,

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<v Speaker 3>and his dad passed away in nineteen seventy eight. Carrie

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<v Speaker 3>was over six feet tall and weighed about two hundred pounds.

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<v Speaker 3>His physical appearance was commanding due to his large stature.

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<v Speaker 3>He's been described as likable, musically gifted, and kind. His

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<v Speaker 3>deep faith and involvement in the Mormon religion kept Carrie

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<v Speaker 3>far in the back of his proverbial closet, never daring

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<v Speaker 3>to openly live as truth. Carrie was so intensely private.

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<v Speaker 3>Even his family didn't know about his sexual identity until

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<v Speaker 3>he was murdered. On September ninth, nineteen ninety one. Carrie

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<v Speaker 3>told his mom he was going to the Greek Festival

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<v Speaker 3>and State Fair in Salt Lake City. So Carrie got

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<v Speaker 3>into his nineteen eighty four red four door Toyota Camry

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<v Speaker 3>and drove the forty minutes to Salt Lake City. This

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<v Speaker 3>drive was something Carrie would do from time to time.

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<v Speaker 3>There was a gay bar in Salt Lake he frequented occasionally,

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<v Speaker 3>as well as a gay cruise area located near Memory

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<v Speaker 3>Grove Park. This was how he was able to seek

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<v Speaker 3>out the LGBTQ community without fear being recognized by anyone

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<v Speaker 3>from Brigham Young in Provo or from the people he

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<v Speaker 3>knew in Orum. But with this trip, Carrie would never

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<v Speaker 3>return back home again. Carrie's mom reported him missing two

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<v Speaker 3>days later on September eleventh, and just hours of her

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<v Speaker 3>placing the report, a biker now I'm not sure if

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<v Speaker 3>it was as a bicyclist or a motorcycle rider discovered

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<v Speaker 3>Carrie's body and some brush near Gravity Hill on Bonaville Road.

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<v Speaker 3>There was no identification on Carrie, which leads me to

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<v Speaker 3>believe whoever killed him took his wallet too. Authorities were

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<v Speaker 3>able to use Carrie's fingerprints to identify him. His autopsy

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<v Speaker 3>stated that Carrie had been dead for at least twenty

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<v Speaker 3>four hours before he was found. He had multiple large

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<v Speaker 3>caliber shots to his body, with many in his torso.

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<v Speaker 3>Outside of Carrie's body, no evidence was found around where

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<v Speaker 3>his body was located, and this made authorities believe Carrie

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<v Speaker 3>Post mortem. With not a whole lot to go on,

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<v Speaker 3>police began looking for Carrie's red Toyota. It took him

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<v Speaker 3>a month, but they finally discovered the Toyota Park near

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<v Speaker 3>West High School in Salt Lake. Inside, the floorboards were

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<v Speaker 3>caked with mud, suggesting that the killer had driven away

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<v Speaker 3>from the canyon to the point where Carrie's car was abandoned.

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<v Speaker 3>Carrie's personal belongings were still in the car except for

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<v Speaker 3>his wallet, but his clothing, books, and water jug was

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<v Speaker 3>still there, along with some hotel receipts under the name

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<v Speaker 3>Doug Sorenson, thinking they might have a clue to capture

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<v Speaker 3>the killer with this Doug Sorenson, detectives soon learned that

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<v Speaker 3>that name was an alias carry used when he checked

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<v Speaker 3>into places. It was so he could avert any attention

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<v Speaker 3>to who he really was, and that's pretty much where

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<v Speaker 3>the case lies. Since nineteen ninety one, Carrie did keep

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<v Speaker 3>a journal that the police still hold on to, but

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<v Speaker 3>despite finding his notebook detailing more than one hundred potential

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<v Speaker 3>witnesses or associates, original police records show there's no evidence

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<v Speaker 3>that police officers ever contacted the men listed in Carrie's journal.

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<v Speaker 3>Also in nineteen ninety one, one Memory Grove Park was

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<v Speaker 3>plagued by violent gangs and white supremacists who participated in

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<v Speaker 3>queer rolling. They ambushed robbed and assaulted gay men in

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<v Speaker 3>dark areas, and the original detectives failed to interview local

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<v Speaker 3>white supremacists known to frequent the park. Modern researchers found

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<v Speaker 3>that the official police file it lacked crucial documentation and

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<v Speaker 3>even basic notes. This raised the question about whether the

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<v Speaker 3>case was neglected due to the systemic anti LGBTQ plus

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<v Speaker 3>biases of the early nineteen nineties. So here's where I

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<v Speaker 3>would normally direct you to a number if you had

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<v Speaker 3>information on what happened to carry. But given the lack

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<v Speaker 3>of due diligence on behalf of the Salt Lake City Police,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm hesitant. I'm really hoping that the detectives of twenty

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<v Speaker 3>twenty six in Salt Lake would be more competent in

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<v Speaker 3>following up on any tips. So I suppose we'll give

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<v Speaker 3>it a go with their number, it's area code eight

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<v Speaker 3>oh one seven ninety nine, three thousand, or you can

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<v Speaker 3>reach the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification Unsolved Homicide Cold

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<v Speaker 3>Case Tip Hotline. Who that was a mouthful, that's what

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<v Speaker 3>she said at one eight three three D as in

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<v Speaker 3>And I hate when they give out letters for numbers.

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<v Speaker 3>Nobody has that on their cell phone anymore, at least

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think we do. The number is actually area

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<v Speaker 3>code eight three three three seven seven seven two three three.

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<v Speaker 3>That second number is probably a better choice. Rest in

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<v Speaker 3>power carry not too much this week in the way

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<v Speaker 3>But I would like to leave you with something a

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<v Speaker 3>little happy than crime. How about a few naughty riddles? Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>here we go. My business is briefs. I'm a cutting linguist.

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<v Speaker 3>I plead and plead for it regularly. What am I

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<v Speaker 3>a lawyer? Next, I'm great for protection. You use your

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<v Speaker 3>fingers to get me off? What am I gloves? And finally,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm the highlight of many dates. I'm especially responsive when

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<v Speaker 3>you put your fingers deep inside me. What am I

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<v Speaker 3>a bowling ball? That's it for me. I love you, guys,

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<v Speaker 3>and you matter so much. Remember it's not a crime

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<v Speaker 3>to be gay or to live your truth unless sure

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<v Speaker 3>murderer